The first table below looks at the demand for WebLogic skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebLogic over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the South Wales region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle WebLogic Server
Rank 35 38 39
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs citing WebLogic 4 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.216% 1.244% 1.703%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.163% 6.757% 7.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £325 £425 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +30.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.75 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-33.18% +37.50%
All Application Platforms
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
49 74 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 14.89% 18.41% 21.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 51
Average daily rate £350 £298 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -8.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £105 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -52.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
WebLogic
Wales

WebLogic
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebLogic across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South Wales WebLogic Jobs Demand Trend

WebLogic
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebLogic across the South Wales region.

South Wales WebLogic Daily Rate Trend

WebLogic
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebLogic across the South Wales region.

South Wales WebLogic Hourly Rate Trend

WebLogic
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebLogic within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newport - 2 £325 -
Cardiff - 1 - -
WebLogic
Wales

WebLogic
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing WebLogic also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebLogic.

1 36 (100.00%) Oracle
2 30 (83.33%) Java
3 26 (72.22%) ClearCase
3 26 (72.22%) ClearQuest
4 22 (61.11%) PL/SQL
4 22 (61.11%) SQL
4 22 (61.11%) XML
4 22 (61.11%) Security Cleared
5 21 (58.33%) Eclipse
6 20 (55.56%) XSLT
6 20 (55.56%) Liferay
7 19 (52.78%) Spring
8 17 (47.22%) JSF
8 17 (47.22%) XPath
8 17 (47.22%) JAXP
8 17 (47.22%) SAX
8 17 (47.22%) XSD
8 17 (47.22%) DOM
8 17 (47.22%) J2EE
8 17 (47.22%) UML
9 15 (41.67%) CSS
10 14 (38.89%) WebLogic Portal
11 13 (36.11%) Oracle 11g
12 11 (30.56%) Hibernate
12 11 (30.56%) Agile Software Development
13 10 (27.78%) Maven
14 8 (22.22%) Telecoms
14 8 (22.22%) Web Services
14 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
15 7 (19.44%) Ant

WebLogic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing WebLogic also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebLogic. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (61.11%) XML
2 20 (55.56%) XSLT
3 19 (52.78%) Spring
4 17 (47.22%) JSF
4 17 (47.22%) JAXP
4 17 (47.22%) SAX
4 17 (47.22%) XSD
4 17 (47.22%) DOM
4 17 (47.22%) J2EE
5 15 (41.67%) CSS
6 11 (30.56%) Hibernate
7 8 (22.22%) Web Services
8 4 (11.11%) Java EE
8 4 (11.11%) JPA
9 3 (8.333%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (8.333%) Spring Batch
9 3 (8.333%) Middleware
10 2 (5.556%) JMS
10 2 (5.556%) HTML
10 2 (5.556%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 20 (55.56%) Liferay
2 14 (38.89%) WebLogic Portal
3 4 (11.11%) SAS
4 2 (5.556%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
5 1 (2.778%) Apache
5 1 (2.778%) ESB
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Internet
2 2 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (36.11%) Oracle 11g
2 6 (16.67%) Oracle Exadata
3 4 (11.11%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.778%) TOAD
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 26 (72.22%) ClearCase
1 26 (72.22%) ClearQuest
2 21 (58.33%) Eclipse
3 10 (27.78%) Maven
4 7 (19.44%) Ant
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.778%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (58.33%) Developer
2 17 (47.22%) Java Developer
3 6 (16.67%) Oracle DBA
3 6 (16.67%) DBA
3 6 (16.67%) Release Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Lead Java Developer
4 5 (13.89%) Lead Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Administrator
5 2 (5.556%) Designer
6 1 (2.778%) Middleware Administrator
6 1 (2.778%) Middleware Architect
6 1 (2.778%) Oracle Architect
6 1 (2.778%) Consultant
6 1 (2.778%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (2.778%) SQL Developer
6 1 (2.778%) Oracle Consultant
6 1 (2.778%) Architect
6 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.778%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) AIX
1 6 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (2.778%) UNIX
2 1 (2.778%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) UML
2 11 (30.56%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 6 (16.67%) Release Management
4 3 (8.333%) Scrum
5 2 (5.556%) SOA
6 1 (2.778%) EAI
6 1 (2.778%) OOD
6 1 (2.778%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (2.778%) Web Development
6 1 (2.778%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 30 (83.33%) Java
2 22 (61.11%) PL/SQL
2 22 (61.11%) SQL
3 17 (47.22%) XPath
4 6 (16.67%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
5 1 (2.778%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.778%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.778%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (19.44%) IBM
3 1 (2.778%) Mercator